No. 22-7625
Michael Tisius v. David Vandergriff, Warden
Tags: brain-development criminal-responsibility cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders mental-impairment
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Do executions of persons who committed their crimes when they were under the age of 21, or, at the least, the execution of a 19-year-old offender who suffered from significant mental impairments due to his immature and underdeveloped brain, violate the Eighth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do executions of persons who committed their crimes when they were under the age of 21, or, at the least, the execution of a 19-year-old offender who suffered from significant mental impairments due to his immature and underdeveloped brain, violate the Eighth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-05
Application (22A1016) referred to the Court.
2023-06-05
Application (22A1016) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2023-06-03
Reply of petitioner Michael Tisius filed.
2023-06-01
Brief of respondent David Vandergriff in opposition filed.
2023-05-27
Application (22A1016) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
2023-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
Attorneys
David Vandergriff
Andrew Jacob Crane — Missouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Michael Tisius
Elizabeth Unger Carlyle — Carlyle Parish LLC, Petitioner